Things I Wish My Mother Had Told MeLucia van der Post has dispensed advice on living stylishly for more than three decades, and her common sense, confidence, and wit have garnered her legions of fans worldwide. A bestseller in the United Kingdom, Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me offersin van der Post's distinctively warm, aphoristic styleeverything a woman needs to know about living well, with elegance and glamour. Leaving no aspect of a woman's life unconsidered, sections include

Water and climate influence every aspect of human life

To find out more about children's author Kes Gray

They battle starvation and hypothermia

and a computer programme that could crack Wall Street

Organized around the traditional church year these readings give an overview of the whole Bible and guide an individual or a group of friends through a year of rich study interactive learning and personal growth

This is a story of addictions

More than that

Peck always protested his innocence and hung himself after being jailed

As well as a whole host of other characters

The IRS knows way more about the lives of American citizens than it should-and we don't trust the organization or its leaders

· How does your brain really see you

And how did their fundamental divergences lead to the birth of two new countries that have shaped the political history of the subcontinent